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Journals/Magazines

Business and Company ASAP Restricted Resource Some full text available
Business and management information: journals, newspapers, directories, newswire releases.
Business and Company Resource Center Restricted Resource Some full text available
Includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Coverage is from 1980 to the present.

Business Source Premier (Original Interface) Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
Business topics: management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. SWOT analysis on selected companies.
note: Also available via Special Business Interface
ABI/INFORM Complete Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
Search all three ABI/Inform databases together here or search one at a time below. ABI/INFORM Complete provides current and historic abstracts and many full-text articles from over 2,800 business and management journals, including hundreds of titles from outside the U.S. The database covers finance, management, marketing, operations, accounting, business conditions, sports and business, entertainment, and case studies.

ABI/INFORM Dateline Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
ABI/INFORM Dateline delivers over 280 journals, with more than 230 available in full text. It includes hard-to-find local and regional business publications with news about local companies, analysis, information on local markets, and more. The database allows users to research employment opportunities, compile data on benefits and compensation, learn about corporate strategies, and other topics from a local and regional perspective. ABI/INFORM Dateline includes major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and area business publications.
ABI/INFORM Global Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
ABI/INFORM Global™ offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. With ABI/INFORM Global, users can find out about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.

ABI/INFORM Global Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
ABI/INFORM Global™ offers the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. With ABI/INFORM Global, users can find out about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape.

ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
/INFORM Trade & Industry™ contains major trade and industry news. It includes in-depth coverage of companies, products, executives, trends, and other topics for more than 3,140 publications, with over 2,930 in full-text. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, users can study and compare specific trades and industries, including telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, petrochemicals, and many others.
ScienceDirect Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
Full-text scientific, technological, medical journals; subjects covered include biology, biochemistry, business management and accounting, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, neuroscience, nursing, physics, psychology, education, and communication. Includes access to selected full-text reference books. Indexing/Abstracts to additional titles.

Newspapers

New York Times (1851-2007) Restricted Resource openURL Resource contains images Some full text available
Search the NY Times from cover to cover and view the full text and full image, as well as advertising. Search for names, events and concepts. See a summary of the article as well as a PDF image of the article or the entire page of the newspaper.
Wall Street Journal (1889-1993) Restricted Resource openURL Resource contains images Some full text available
Includes the full text, full image, and advertising. Search for names, events and concepts. See a summary of the article as well as an image of the article or the entire page of the newspaper. Use the Date option at the bottom of the screen to limit your search to particular dates. 
Wall Street Journal (1984 - present) Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
Full text of The Wall Street Journal from 1984-present. For issues from 1889-1993, see the  Wall Street Journal-ProQuest Historical Newspapers database.
New York Times (1980-present) Restricted Resource openURL Some full text available
Full-text of The New York Times from 1980 - present. For Historical coverage please use ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2007)

Web Sites

Industry Information Resources and Reports from Valuation Resources
Industry Information Resouces is a free resource guide to industry resources and data for over 400 industries Individual pages for each industry list resources and data available from trade associations, publications, and research firms which address subjects such as industry overview, issues, trends, and outlook, financial information and financial ratios, compensation and salary surveys, and business valuation resources. Individual industries are listed below by industry category and SIC code. Note: Not all resources are free.

MSN Money Central
Source for financial news, quotes, company information and investing tips and strategies.

Symbol Lookup from Yahoo Finance
Find symbols for companie and indices.
Bloomberg
Get news, stocks quotes, etc. for both domestic and international markets

Central Bank lists from Bank for International Settlements
Link to Central Banks for countries around the world. Useful for getting statistics, exchange rate information and news and policy briefings.
Closed-End Fund Center
Gives information about closed end funds and investing including how they work, NAV (Net Asset Value), etc.
Internet Intelligence Index by Fuld & Company
Fuld & Company is a consulting firm that specializes in competitive intelligence. They developed this useful portal to business and industry resources.
National Association for Business Economics-Links
This set of links is a guide to useful and interesting information in the field of business economics. Includes micro & macro data, international links, Finance news, Federal Reserve, economic blogs and more.
Business Journalism.org : tutorials Resource contains images Resource contains audio
Combination of web & audio files provides a primer to a variety of topics such as how to cover: the Business of Health Care, Private Companies, the Business of Sports, S.E.C. filings, Financial Statements, use & interpretation of numbers and the Economy, etc.

Blogs

10-Q Detective
Investors often overlook SEC filings, and it is the job of the 10Q Detective to dig through businesses’ 8-K and 10-Q SEC filings, looking for financial statement ‘soft spots,(depreciation policies, warranty reserves, and restructuring charges, etc.) that may materially impact Quality of Earnings.
Footnoted.com
Each day, the site takes a closer look at the things that companies try to bury in their routine SEC filings. Some posts are simply quirky little factoids (like the fact that Warren Buffett’s son relies on ConAgra for his health insurance) while others tend to focus on more serious issues, like aggressive accounting, excessive compensation or the type of questionable self dealing that can often be indicative of more serious problems at a company.
Wall Street Journal MarketBeat Blog
Wall Street Journal's look at the financial markets.

Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics Blog
Coverage and commentary throughout the day of major developments in the economy. Follows the Federal Reserve, Treasury and other government policy makers. Also covers global economics.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance - 2nd ed. Restricted Resource Some full text available
Covers five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems. Draws on practical professional expertise as well as that of noted scholars.  Contributors include executives, government administrators and scholars from leading business programs from around the United States.

Government Information

Beige Book from the Federal Reserve
This report is published eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The information is summarized by District and sector. An overall summary of the twelve district reports is prepared by a designated Federal Reserve Bank on a rotating basis.

Economic Indicators Briefing Room from the U.S. Census Bureau
The Census Bureau releases statistics that provide monthly, quarterly and yearly updates on key measures of the nation's economic condition. Upcoming releases include quarterly financial report - retail trade, new residential construction and new residential sales. Gives the latest releases and schedule and historical statistics.

Includes Trade Balance information, durable goods, monthly wholesale trade among others.

Financial Reform News Center
Developed by CCH it provides news updates and links to information on the current financial crisis including responses by regulatory agencies and lawmakers..

Fraser - Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research Some full text available
Is a unique project of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Center for Economic Documents Digitization (CEDD), which seeks to preserve the nation's economic history through digitization. FRASER® contributes to the long-standing mission of the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: to provide timely and convenient data to scholars, analysts, students and interested observers of the U.S. economy.

Empirical economic research depends on economic data, especially data published by governments. Such data presents two difficulties for researchers. First, certain government documents can be difficult to locate, particularly older volumes, special issues associated with benchmarks or major revisions, and long sequences of issues. Second, published figures frequently are revised by their issuers. FRASER® is designed to address both of these issues.

NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System)

Uses a 6 digit numbering system to classify industries that either make a product or offer a service (such as banks)in North America. You can search the database by code or by text describing the industry. These codes can be used to generate a list of companies in an industry and to compare them using other directories found both print or online. You may find the codes and an explanation of them here:  http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/


S.I.C. codes (Standard Industrial Classification)

A series of 4-digit codes used to help describe what a company does and to assign it to a specific industry or industries.


Survey of Current Business Some full text available
Bureau of Economic Analysis monthly journal presents summary estimates and analyses of U.S. economic activity. Includes the "Business Situation," a review of recent economic developments, regular and special articles about the national, regional, and international economic accounts and related topics. Latest estimates of the national income and product accounts every month.

Newswires

Bloomberg
Get news, stocks quotes, etc. for both domestic and international markets

Investing Ideas from Yahoo Finance
Ideas from different sites on what stocks or industries to invest in.

IPO's (Initial Public Offerings) News from Yahoo
News about initial public offerings.

Merger and Acquisition announcements via Yahoo
Announcements of mergers and acquistions searchable by month with news.
SEC Filings from Yahoo
Announcements of SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) filings updated daily from Yahoo.

Yahoo Industry Center
Links to a wide variety of news, information sources and statistics updated daily.

Statistics/Data

Business and Company Resource Center Restricted Resource Some full text available
Includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Coverage is from 1980 to the present.

Economic Calendar via Yahoo
List what economic indicators are released by week with links to the actual indicators.
Economic Indicators.gov
Economic Indicators.gov is brought to you by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Provides timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.
EDGAR Database (Securities and Exchange Commission) Some full text available
Official SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) documents such as Form 10-K, 10-Q, Proxy statements, registration statements, and merger and acquisition documents.

*Be sure to look at the DEF14A (Proxy) statements and the Management Discussion and Analysis sections of Form 10-k, Form 10-Q for insights into managment.

Eurostat Some full text available
Statistical data for European Union members.
Liber8-Economic Information Portal
Links to economic data sites for all of the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors, as well as other key government agencies and private institutions that specialize in providing economic data.

Official Statistics on the Web (OFFSTATS) Some full text available
Free statistics from official sources, including current data and time series for regions and topic categories. Many data sets are downloadable as text or spreadsheet files.
Morningstar.com Restricted Resource Some full text available
Stock and mutual fund research resource. Gives independent analysis and recommendations. Screening capability.
Yahoo Finance-Historical Quotes Some full text available
Historical stock quotes for companies and indicies. Some as far back as 1962.
Federal Reserve Board -Statistical Releases Some full text available
Various statistical releases such as: foreign exchange rates, interest rates, commercial paper, banks, flow of funds, etc. Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual statistics both current and historical
Economic Data - FRED II-Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Federal Reserve Economic data. A database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. With FRED® II you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.
Value Line Investment Survey Restricted Resource Some full text available
Weekly stock reports about approximately 1,700 companies and 98 industries. Each company report contains a timeliness, safety, and technical ranking, current stock performance, beta, historical data for the previous 15 years, financial and stock price forecasts, and an analyst's written commentary.  Online: current quarter only; Print: Last 3 years in Reference Stacks.

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Value Line Investment Survey Restricted Resource
Weekly stock reports about approximately 1,700 companies and 98 industries. Each company report contains a timeliness, safety, and technical ranking, current stock performance, beta, historical data for the previous 15 years, financial and stock price forecasts, and an analyst's written commentary.  Online: current quarter only; Print: Last 3 years in Reference Stacks.

Value Line Investment Survey
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SEC Info Some full text available
Securities Information from the SEC EDGAR database. Search by Name, Industry, Business, SIC Code, Area Code,Topic, CIK, Accession Number, File Number, Date, ZIP. You may have to join but membership is free.
International Financial Statistics (International Monetary Fund) Restricted Resource Some full text available
Time series data for major economic aggregates as well as current data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, currency, interest rates, prices, production, trade, government accounts, GDP, and national accounts.
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